[Planktonne]

> the conclusion that seems obvious to me is that we cannot rule out that it could emerge in a network

Not being able to rule out consciousness through computation is a far more cautious claim than 'consciousness is computation'.

[epgui]

That is strictly true, but if you define computation as any physical process which involves information, as I do, then defending any other position than "consciousness emerges from computation" is extremely difficult.

[Arn_Thor]

Sure. But I was responding to the statement "The burden of proof is on the claim that you can get there through computation, not otherwise."